Edwin Flack wins the 800 and 1500 metre track double at the first modern Olympics in 1896 and is later revered as an Australian hero. Russia is banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics for an alleged doping program. What’s the connection?

The old question, “What price loyalty?”, is getting kicked around again, with Kieran Foran’s mooted return to Australia after a one-season stint with the Warriors, and Aaron Woods and James Tedesco talking to the Canterbury Bulldogs.